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adj
Appropriate to wade in.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Usually of a bird: which wades.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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name
Synonym of Wading River.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: Wading River
Antonyms: none provided
noun
gerund of wade: the act of one who wades.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, form-of, gerund, uncountable
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verb
present participle and gerund of wade
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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noun
walking with your feet in shallow water
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: walk, walking
History
Etymology tree English wade Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English wading From wade + -ing.
